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Find recruitment agencies Portlaoise Laois. If you are an employer in Laois, who has a vacancy within your organisation and you are looking to recruit a professional or a number professionals who are most suited to fill the existing vacancies within your company. Then you will find all the necessary information on this website which will inform you on the best tactics and procedures to follow to secure the right new member or members of staff for your organisation.

All good professional recruitment agencies in Ireland, will have lists or panels of suitably qualified and experienced professional people on their books, who have been screened and filtered for the correct qualifications and experience necessary to successfully fill the existing vacancies which you currently have.

Recruitment Agencies Portlaoise Laois Qualification Requirements

Before you engage a recruitment agency to act for you in the initial stages of your recruitment drive, it is best practice to firstly make sure that the recruitment agency you select fulfils certain requirements.

The first require is to establish if the agency staff themselves possess the required industry qualifications, these qualifications will of course have to be recognised and certified by an accredited authority. One such authority is the NRF certification.

Qualifications and certification in the following areas of expertise are a necessary requirement, please see the list of areas which should be part of any curriculum which involving recruitment certification:

Candidate ManagementClient ManagementThe Recruitment Process

Code of Conduct - NRFSelling & SalesLegislation

Most if not all recruitment agencies in Laois will have suitably qualified staff employed to handle and successfully handle their clients objectives, but just in case it is strongly advised to make sure that the agency itself and its staff are certified, registered and professionally run.

Garda Vetting Services Available from Recruitment Agencies in Portlaoise Laois

Garda Vetting is carried out by the Garda Central Vetting Unit which is based in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. The Unit primarily deals with requests from organisations that have been registered with it to vet prospective employees.

The Unit also deals with requests from individuals looking for information regarding personal information relating to themselves held by An Garda Síochána subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998/2003. The Unit does not issue Police Certificates of Character.

Is Garda Vetting conducted for all organisations?

No - the Garda Vetting Unit only conducts vetting for organisations that have registered with it.

Can vetting be conducted on an individual basis?

No - Garda Vetting is conducted only on behalf of registered organisations and is not conducted for individual persons on a personal basis.

What category of employee is vetting conducted for?

Garda vetting is conducted in respect of personnel working in a full-time, part-time, and voluntary or student placement capacity in a position in a registered organisation, through which they have unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults.

What details are disclosed as a result of Garda Vetting?

The following may be disclosed to the authorised liaison person in the registered organisation:

- Details of all convictions not subject to the administrative filter.
- Details of all cases pending.
- Non convictions will be considered for disclosure where the circumstances of an offence gives rise to a bona fide concern that the person concerned may harm a child or vulnerable person.

What is the procedure for seeking Garda Vetting for an organisation?

If you are an organisation seeking Garda Vetting for your personnel, the Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director of the organisation should write to the Garda Central Vetting Unit providing the following details:

- A description of the service provided by the organisation
- The approximate number of personnel requiring vetting per annum
- The level of substantial unsupervised access personnel will have to children and/or vulnerable adults
- Any additional relevant information e.g. organisational literature or certificates of registration in respect of charitable status
- On receipt of this information, the Garda Central Vetting Unit will respond directly to the applicant organisation.

If you are an individual who has been requested by an organisation to provide Garda Vetting you should advise the organisation of the above procedure.

What is the Garda Vetting Procedure for personnel who are subject to Garda Vetting?
The procedure is as follows:

- Personnel who are subject to Garda Vetting will receive a Garda Vetting Application Form from the registered organisation where they are seeking a position.
- The applicant completes the application form and returns it to the Organisation. He or she must sign the form, thereby providing authorisation for the Garda Vetting process.
- An authorised liaison person in the registered organisation sends the form on to the Garda Central Vetting Unit.
- Garda Vetting checks on the applicant are carried out following receipt of the application form at the Garda Central Vetting Unit.
- As a result of these checks a Garda Vetting disclosure is issued directly to the authorised liaison person in the registered organisation.
- An individual vetting subject may obtain a copy of their Garda vetting disclosure from the authorised liaison person in the registered organisation to whom it was issued.
Garda Vetting will only be conducted, and relevant disclosure will only be issued to an authorised liaison person within a registered organisation for Garda Vetting, predicated on the written authorisation of an individual vetting subject to do so in a Garda Vetting application form.

For a full list of frequently asked questions regarding recruitment agencies Portlaoise Laois and their requirements and rules for obtaining Garda vetting of potential job candidates, you can go to the Garda Vetting Units listed above.

Companies in Laois who are on recruitment drive for suitably experienced and qualified personnel will often have candidates applying for positions who are not Irish citizens. The recruitment agency will and should be fully aware of the regulations regarding work permits for non-nationals working in Ireland. These regulations are very important and must be observed.

Ireland as we are all aware has become a hub for IT and internet companies, and as a result of that, many non-national IT professionals have been attracted to Ireland and Laois by the well paid career opportunities which are surfing her on a daily basis.

So prospective employers and companies should be aware of the existing regulations surrounding the work permit regulations.

Work permits are issued by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Work permits are not required for citizens of a Member State of the European Economic Area (EEA).
The EEA comprises of Member States the European Union: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom together with Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta.

Citizens of Switzerland while not in the EEA also do not require a Work Permit. The Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014 is expected to be passed into law during 2014.

The information above, combined with the information available on the websites which are listed on this page should provide all the necessary information required by any prospective employer or recruitment agency in Portlaoise Laois to launch a recruitment campaign to find the right employees and professionals for job vacancies within their organisations.